Wheeler Crippled, Barreca Leads
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Level 16
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Demetrio Barreca opened to 55,000 and Jason Wheeler three-bet the button, making it 135,000.
Barreca made the call and the two went heads up to a 
flop. Barreca check-called a 110,000-chip Wheeler bet and the turn came the 
. Both players checked, but on the 
river, Barreca shoved in.
Wheeler took his time about it, but eventually made the call with two aces. Barreca turned over the 
and his full house was good.
While Barreca moved into the lead, Wheeler was left with just a single 1,000-denomination chip. He turned that into six 1,000-denomination chips making trip threes the next hand, and a hand after that he moved above the one big blind mark making threes full of queens to crack aces. Wheeler is still short, but he's still in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
535,000
|
535,000 |
|
25,000
-516,000
|
-516,000 |